Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS
818 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago -Where the best minds in financial services and banking talk all things fintech.
Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services.
Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including guests from Visa, Nubank, M-Pesa, Techcrunch, Starling, and JP Morgan Chase to discuss the latest news, developments, and trends within the industry.
Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest news stories, from acquisitions and launches, to regulatory changes and innovation. Then, every Friday our Insights show dives deeper into the hottest topics shaping the industry like web3 and BNPL.
Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.
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448. Insights: Do we still need bank branches?
July 31, 2020 14:00 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBOur expert host Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about the digitalisation of banking we've seen over the last few months and what this might mean for the future of bank branches. Banks around the world have for some time reduced the amount of bank branches available for customers, and during COVID-19 all banks were forced to shut their branches and adopt a truly digital way of working. But what will happen when we are past this? Joining us this week are: Stephen Dury - Dir...
447. News: Can finance ever be fully democratised?
July 27, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBSimon and Ross are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Alex Marsh, Senior Analytics Director at Klarna Anna Irrera, Fintech reporter, Reuters We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Robinhood scraps UK launch amid mounting scrutiny of trading platform (1:16) Klarna: We tightened our lending in lockdown (16:36) Monzo (re)launch Monzo Plus (29...
446. Insights: Digital Payments Innovation: Is this the end of cash?
July 24, 2020 14:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBSarah Kocianski is joined by a fantastic panel of guests to discuss digital payments innovation the global shift away from cash. Here to discuss the matter are: Jennifer Duncan - Vice President of Global Government Innovation at Mastercard Chirag Patel - Global Head of Payments at Santander Mario Shiliashki - CEO of Payments at PayU Even before the pandemic, the use of cash was on the decline. Countries like the UK and Sweden were already heading towards cashless futures, and the current pan...
445. News: Winners and losers in US banks’ results; SoFi’s charter and Marqeta’s IPO
July 20, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBSam Maule and Jason Bates, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the US in the past week. This week's guests include: Nick Sando, Fintech investor at Octopus Ventures Krystal Hu, M&A Reporter, Reuters We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: US bank results are in: and trading helps mask significant problems (01:56) Marqeta eyes IPO (16:50) SoFi files banking charter application wit...
444. Insights: African fintechs: transforming the continent's financial landscape
July 17, 2020 14:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBSimon Taylor is joined by a fantastic panel of guests to discuss the transformation of finance in Africa and how fintechs are building up the industry. Here to discuss the matter are: Benjamin Fernandes - CEO, NALA Fara Ashiru Jituboh - Co-Founder & CEO/CTO, Okra Akeem Lawal - Divisional Chief Executive Officer for Transaction Processing and Enablement Business, Interswitch In the past couple of decades, the introduction of mobile money, digital payments channels and APIs has started to resha...
443. News: Square’s $55bn valuation - a wakeup call for big banks?
July 13, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBSimon and Jason are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Alex Frean, Head of Corporate Affairs at Starling Mike Dudas, Chairman of the Board at The Block We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Square Rally Sends Valuation Into Ranks of Biggest U.S. Banks EU banks to take on Visa, Mastercard with new payments system Starling do all the thing...
442. Insights: Are fintech hubs dead?
July 10, 2020 14:00 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBSimon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about the future of fintech hubs. Up until now, London has been known as a global fintech hub where talent and business come to work in this booming fintech industry. As we've all gone remote, theoretically we are no longer constrained to offices and industry hotspots, so will the industry spread out more internationally after this? To talk about this, Simon Taylor is joined by a range of amazing guests, dialing in from all over the world: F...
441. News: Wirecard hits UK fintech but BaaS is still booming
July 06, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBOur expert hosts, Simon and David, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Joe Bloemendaal, Head of Strategy at Mitek Nathalie Oestmann, COO, Curve Emily Nicolle, Tech Editor, City AM We also hear from: * Daljit Singh, Chief Design Officer, Marketing Director and Co-founder at Anna Money, and * Michael Ducker, co-founder of Pinch who is the Director of Product at Chime We cover...
440. Insights: Credit scoring for US immigrants - It's a political issue
July 03, 2020 14:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBOur expert host, Sam Maule is joined by some great guests to talk about credit scoring for US immigrants. Credit scoring is a huge role in people's financial life in the US, and a "good" credit score help you get access to a lot of basic services such as renting an apartment, getting better quotes on insurance and access to credit cards. But what do you do as a US immigrant arriving in the country with no US credit score to prove? As always Sam is not alone but joined by two amazing guests: M...
439. News: Wirecard fallout - fintech’s Enron moment?
June 29, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBOur expert hosts, Sam Maule and David Brear are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Erika Lucas - CEO of StitchCrew Gerti Dervishi - Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer at Flybits Jillian Williams - Investment Principal at Anthemis and head of BLCK VC NYC We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Wirecard says €1.9bn of cash is missing and hav...
438. Insights: PPP - How digital providers helped rescue SMBs
June 26, 2020 14:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBSam Maule is joined by some great guests to talk about PPP lending in the US from the lenders perspective. This week's guests include: Corey LeBlanc, Chief Digital and Innovation Officer at Origin Bank Neil Kahrim - Director of Growth and Operations at OakNorth Kathryn Petralia - Co-Founder and COO at Kabbage The panel tells us what the PPP lending programme was like for the lenders: how did the application process go? Was there enough money available? And how do you prioritize when you reci...
437. News: Stop, collaborate and listen - Amazon and Goldman Sachs team up
June 22, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBOur expert hosts, Jason Bates and Simon Taylor, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Gemma Godfrey - Business Advisor & FinTech Entrepreneur Freddy Kelly - CEO at Credit Kudos Lois Ollerenshaw - Venture Principal, Nationwide We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Amazon unveils small business credit line with Goldman in latest tie-up bet...
436. Insights: COVID-19 and the underbanked in the US
June 19, 2020 14:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBSam Maule is joined by a fantastic panel of guests to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the US' underbanked communities. Here to discuss the matter are: Abbey Wemimo - Co-founder, Esusu John Hope Bryant - CEO and Chairman of Operation Hope Thea Garon - Senior Director, Financial Health Network As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, the US is facing a financial crisis that is hitting ethnic minorities and those left out of the formal financial system the hardest. In this week'...
435. News: Is now a good time to launch a challenger bank?
June 15, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBOur expert hosts, Sarah and Ross, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Sanjay Gupta VP and Global Head of Products and Corporate Development - Mitek US Rachael Pollard, Chief Growth Officer at Starling Anti-Jussi Suominen, CEO of Holvi We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Is now a good time to start a challenger bank? As Vivid Money la...
434. Insights: Transforming financial services infrastructure post COVID-19
June 12, 2020 14:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBSarah Kocianski is joined by a fantastic panel of guests to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on digital infrastructure and transformation, as the pandemic has already forced FS organisations to innovate quicker than they’ve ever done before, out of necessity . Our guests are: Lance Homer - Global Head of Digital Payments and Banking Ecosystem at Equinix Andrew Smith – CTO and founding member RTGS Limited Scott Abrahams, SVP, Business Development & Fintech at Mastercard Nick Funn...
434. Insights: transforming financial services infrastructure post COVID-19
June 12, 2020 14:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBSarah Kocianski is joined by a fantastic panel of guests to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on digital infrastructure and transformation, as the pandemic has already forced FS organisations to innovate quicker than they’ve ever done before, out of necessity . Our guests are: Lance Homer - Global Head of Digital Payments and Banking Ecosystem at Equinix Andrew Smith – CTO and founding member RTGS Limited Scott Abrahams, SVP, Business Development & Fintech at Mastercard Nick Funn...
433. News: Financial services community take a stand in support of Black Lives Matter
June 08, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBOur expert hosts, Leda and Simon, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Nicolai Rygh, EVP and CTO of Personal Banking at DNB Shefali Roy, CCO and COO at TrueLayer Alex Frean, Head of Corporate Affairs at Starling We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Financial services community take a stand in support of Black Lives Matter; Starling Ba...
432. Insights: How could open finance shape the future of financial services?
June 05, 2020 14:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBOur expert hosts, Adam Davis and Sarah Kocianski, are joined by some great guests to talk open finance. We want to know what it is, how is could work and improve customers' lives, what hurdles and regulation might have to be overcome or changed, and what learnings it could take from open banking, This week's guests are all experts in open banking and finance who help us lift the lid on this new and unexplored topic. Including: Dan Morgan, Policy Lead, Europe, Plaid Daniel Globerson, Head of O...
431. News: Shopify’s stratospheric rise and foray into fintech
June 01, 2020 14:15 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBOur expert hosts, Sam and David are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Scott Harkey, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Payments at Levvel Ben Metz, Sr Managing Director at Jack Henry Maia Bittner, Head of Business Operations at Chime We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: E-commerce platform Shopify to launch ‘Shopify Balance’ for business...
430. Interviews: Arlan Hamilton - Breaking the VC glass ceiling for underrepresented founders
May 29, 2020 14:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBIn today's episode, we bring you an interview with Arlan Hamilton, founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital. From improbable beginnings, Arlan Hamilton is making waves in the venture capital space by investing in companies led by underrepresented founders. Less than 10% of all venture capital deals go to women, people of colour, and LGBT founders and Arlan has made it her mission to change that. We kick things off talking about her book It's About Damn Time. With rave reviews from M...
429. News: Is it tough to be a challenger bank right now?
May 25, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBOur expert hosts, David Brear and Simon Taylor, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: David Thomasson, CCO, MetroBank Simon Cureton, CEO of Funding Options Caroline Plumb - CEO and Founder of Fluidly Kicking off the show, our panel focus on stories in regards to what it means to be a challenger bank in the current climate: Monzo faces near 40% valuation drop in latest fundrais...
428. Insights: Digital Identity - the evolution of verification, authentication & authorisation
May 22, 2020 14:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBIn today's insights show, we lift the lid on digital identity. What it is, how it works, how it varies from country to country and what are the next use cases now and in the future - especially with the impact of COVID-19. They are joined by 3 fantastic experts in the space: Joe Bloemendaal - Head of Strategy for Mitek Emma Lindley, Women in Identity and CCO for Truststamp Marcel Wendt - CTO and Founder - Digidentity With the help of our expert panel, Jason Bates and Simon Taylor dig into ...
427. News: Mobile Wallet Wars? SoFi and Samsung Pay team up
May 18, 2020 14:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBOur expert hosts, Sarah Kocianski and Adam Davis, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Sara Castelhano - EMEA Head of Payments and Digital Product, J.P. Morgan. Oliver Baxter - Head of Brand, Communications & Product, ByMiles Hannah Dawson, CEO and Founder, FUTRLI We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Your Coronavirus and financial ser...
426. Insights: How to design digital financials services for US SMBs
May 15, 2020 14:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIn today's show, Sam Maule lifts the lid on SMB banking practices in the US, and how they're being chronically underserved. Joined by 11:FS' Jobs to be Done guru Ryan Garner and our panel of guests, they discuss how SMBs could be better served in the future and how products and services should be designed to suit their needs. This week's guests include: Adrian Oropeza, Gen 6 Ventures Laura Cummings, Financial Health Network Jo-Ann Barett, Co-founder and owner Aromas Boutique Bakery Ryan Garne...
425. News: RBS close Bó - Why is building a new bank so hard?
May 11, 2020 14:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBOur expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Sarah Kocianski, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Bailey Kursar - CEO and founder of Toucan James Butland - VP of Global Banking at Airwallex Matt Sattler - Head of Data and Innovation Labs at HSBC We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: RBS closes their digital challenger, Bó (02:41) Banks to book ...
424. Interviews: Plaid on customer driven innovation, data access and US open banking
May 08, 2020 14:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBSam Maule is joined by John Pitts, Policy Lead, and Niko Karvounis Product Lead at Plaid in another locked down interview. Niko and John talk us through Plaid's superfast innovation to help banks and SMEs in the light of COVID-19, as well as their customer driven innovation strategy and the importance of data access and balancing speed and security in everything they do. They discuss access to data and the growth of fintechs in the US outstripping Europe; the possibility of Open Banking in t...
423. News: Global bank profits tumble as US deposits grow
May 04, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBOur expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Adam Davis, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Iana Dimitrova, CEO at OpenPayd Caroline Casey, VP of Innovation, Partnerships & Labs at Mastercard Jamie Campbell, CEO at Fronted We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: UK Chancellor announces 100-percent backed coronavirus business loans 03:24 Coronavir...
422. Insights: the impact of coronavirus on US SMB Financing
May 01, 2020 14:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBIn this episode, Sam Maule, Americas MD, digs into the impact COVID-19 is having, this time specifcally on US small businesses; the options they have from banks, lenders and the government; and the ways that fintechs are trying to help. One of the hardest hit of the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic are small businesses and the self employed, and at the time of recording in the US, the stimulus funding had already been syndicated out. To dig into the implications of this alongside S...
421. News: US SMEs await new stimulus funds as fintech valuations soar
April 27, 2020 14:30 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBOur expert hosts, Sam Maule and Simon Taylor, are joined by some great guests on both sides of the Atlantic to talk about the most notable and global fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Lance Homer, Global Head of Digital Payments and Banking Ecosystem, Equinix Anna Irrera, Fintech Correspondent and Financial Companies Team Leader at Reuters Adrian Blair, CEO at Receipt Bank We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial ...
420. Insights: How the COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate digital financial services
April 23, 2020 14:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBIn an all 11s special, David Brear, Simon Taylor and Sarah Kocianski sit down with Benjamin Ensor, Director of Research at 11:FS, to talk about COVID-19 and the short, medium and long term implications the pandemic will have on financial services. Business as usual is over. Our recently released report (https://info.11fs.com/covid19) has revealed how the COVID 19 pandemic has created an immediate operational crisis in financial services firms that have so far ignored the digital imperative....
419. News: Fintechs step up to distribute relief funding
April 20, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBOur expert hosts, Sarah Kocianski and Simon Taylor, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Shafali Gupta - VP Strategy and Ops at Fluidly Roisin Levine - Head of Banks at Flux Erin Platts - Head of EMEA and President of UK Branch at Silicon Valley Bank We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Starling Bank and OakNorth join coronavirus loan ...
418. Insights: Coronavirus and the impact on SME Financing
April 17, 2020 14:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBIt is no secret that probably the hardest hit of the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic are SMEs and the self employed. In this episode, Sarah Kocianski and Simon Taylor, dig into the impact COVID-19 is having on small businesses; the options they have from banks, lenders and the government; and the ways that fintechs are trying to help. They are joined by a panel of expert guests who are all providing solutions to this conundrum. This week's guests include: Sam O'Connor - CEO, Cocon...
417. News: SoFi snaps up Galileo for $1.2b
April 13, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBOur expert hosts, David Brear and Simon Taylor, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Tanya Andreasyan, Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief at Fintech Futures Izabella Kaminska, FT Alphaville Editor at the Financial Times Olly Betts, Co-Founder and CEO, OpenWrks We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: SoFi buys Galileo for $1.2bn (03:17...
416. Interviews: Varo Money - the first fintech to get FDIC approval
April 10, 2020 14:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBIn today's episode, we bring you an interview with Wesley Wright, COO at Varo Money. Joining Sam Maule remotely, the pair kick things off with the story of how Varo Money came to be and how they aim to improve financial health and financial inclusion. Having now been approved for FDIC insurance, we hear about the process with regulators, why they decided to apply when other fintechs haven't, and what this means for the future of Varo Money and their ambitions. With our current environment, S...
415. News: Major US banks protect employees as start-ups stall
April 06, 2020 14:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBOur expert hosts, David Brear and Eric Fulwiler, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Allison Esposito Medina - CEO and Founder of Tech Ladies Jonah Crane - Partner at Klaros Group Nonita Verma - East Coast Banking Partnerships Lead at Nova Credit We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: US banks promise not to lay-off workers during coron...
414. Interviews: Nova Credit - scoring, covid crisis and celebrity funding
April 03, 2020 14:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBIn today's episode, we bring you an interview with Nicky Goulimis, co-founder and COO at Nova Credit. Joining Sam Maule remotely, the pair kick things off with the company's origin story and how Nova Credit came to be. With no previous fintech experience, we hear about how Nicky and her co-founders were fueled by their credit troubles as international students in the US to create a solution for the underbanked from across the globe. Now working to push systemic change across the industry, Sa...
413. News: Can fintech and bank collaborations help SMEs through coronavirus?
March 30, 2020 14:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBOur expert hosts, Sarah Kocianski and Leda Glyptis, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Carlo Gualandri, CEO and founder of Soldo Myles Stephenson, CEO of Modulr Keith Grose, Head of UK at Plaid We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Interest rates slashed at home and abroad to combat the impact of coronavirus (03:36) Contactless limits...
412. Insights: Fintech and the media - is the narrative changing?
March 27, 2020 15:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBDavid Brear, 11:FS CEO and Geoff Whitehouse, 11:FS Head of PR and Editorial, host this week's episode of Fintech Insider Insights and are joined by some fantastic guests to talk all about fintech in the media. This week's guests are: Emily Nicolle - Tech Editor at City AM Daniel Lanyon - Managing Editor at AltFi In today's episode of Fintech Insider Insights, our guests and hosts discuss the journey of fintech in the media. Are fintechs and challenger banks treated any differently to incumbe...
411. News: Coronavirus - central banks and regulators step in
March 23, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBOur expert hosts, David Brear and Jason Bates, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Alex Latham - CMO at Chip Layla White - CEO of TechPassport Charlotte Crosswell, CEO of Innovate Finance We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Governments and regulators around the world react to coronavirus (03:55) FCA releases coronavirus response (1...
410. After Dark 11 - Four fintech debates and a rant bucket
March 20, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBRecorded live in London, David Brear, Simon Taylor, Leda Glyptis and Sarah Kocianski all take the stage for After Dark 11. For our 11th instalment, we brought back all our favourite parts of our shows - news, insights and some fun and games! After reminiscing about their favourite After Dark moments, David kicks off the debates with a news story about the continuing BCR saga as it turns out free money might come with consequences after all. (08:00) Handing over to Sarah, the next lively disc...
409. News: Banks react as coronavirus impacts global financial markets
March 16, 2020 15:00 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBOur expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Sarah Kocianski, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Pranav Sood - VP Small Business at GoCardless Valentina Kristensen, Director of Growth and Comms, OakNorth We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: RBS offers funding, and mortgage breaks to address coronavirus (01:44) Standard Chartered names ne...
408. Insights: Women in fintech: has anything changed?
March 13, 2020 15:00 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBWith International Women’s Day having just passed, this episode is all about women in fintech. It's no secret that technology and financial services have a gender diversity problem, and in this Insights show, Sarah Kocianski alongside 3 accomplished women in fintech dive into how, and if, this is changing. This week's guests are: Charlotte Crosswell - CEO at Innovate Finance Wincie Wong - Head of Rose Review Implementation at Natwest Evelina Vrabie - CTO at Toucan Why is diversity in fin...
407. News: Robinhood’s major outage; BCR backlash builds
March 09, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBIn this week's episode, Ross Gallagher and Sarah Kocianski are on hosting duties and are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Farhana Draine - Head of Legal and ComplianceFlux Husayn Kassai - CEO, Onfido Edward Berks - Global EGM of Financial Partnerships, Xero We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Robinhood faces outage as the Dow surges ...
406. Interviews: From Google to Fintech Unicorns: Sunil Chandra, OakNorth Platform CEO
March 06, 2020 15:00 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBIn today's episode, OakNorth platform CEO Sunil Chandra joins David Brear in London at 11:FS HQ. To kick things off the pair talk about Sunil's time at Google and the importance of talent and company culture when scaling. After 12 years in San Fransico, Sunil joined UK fintech OakNorth as chief executive for its technology platform. In this Interviews episode, we hear about London as a fintech hub, the challenges of a high-growth startup and how OakNorth is helping mid-sized companies grow wi...
405. News: Is the fintech M&A bubble about to burst?
March 02, 2020 15:00 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBWill White is in New York and joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Jon Zanoff - Managing Director, TechStars Adam Granoff - Senior Vice President of Digital Payments, Mastercard Hayden Field - Associate Editor, Entrepreneur Magazine Edwina Johnson - Chief Operating Officer, Alloy We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Intuit to buy Credit K...
404. Insights: Bank earnings: is the competitive tide turning?
February 28, 2020 15:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBSimon Taylor and Adam Davis host this week's episode of Fintech Insider Insights and are joined by guests to talk all about the latest earning reports and see how the big banks have fared over the past year. This week's guests are: Lianna Brinded, Head of Yahoo Finance UK Sharon Kimathi, Editor at Fintech Futures and Banking Technology Earnings reports come out on a quarterly and annual basis, and in today's Insights show, we look at how banks from both sides of the Atlantic performed in 201...
403. News: JPMorgan's open banking rules for US fintechs
February 24, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBHopping over from across the pond, this week Sam Maule, Managing Partner North America for 11:FS, hosts alongside David Brear. Our expert hosts are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Valentina Kristensen - Director of Growth & Communications at OakNorth Carl Hazeley - VP of Content at Finimize Joanne Dewar - CEO at Global Processing Services We cover the following stories from ...
402. Interviews: Making cross-border payments seamless with GoCardless and TransferWise
February 21, 2020 15:00 - 25 minutes - 58.9 MBIn today's episode, we bring you an interview with Taavet Hinrikus, co-founder and chairman at TransferWise and Hiroki Takeuchi, CEO at GoCardless. In November 2019 it was announced that GoCardless and TransferWise would be joining forces to enable better cross-border global payments. In this episode of Fintech Insider Interviews, Jason Bates caught up with the pair to discuss payments, partnerships and future plans. Tune in for industry insights, a wealth of experience and much much more! T...
401. News: N26 closes UK accounts, blaming Brexit
February 17, 2020 15:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBYour hosts Simon Taylor and Adam Davis are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Matt Collinge, Chief Technology Officer of Curve Alexandra Frean, Head of Corporate Affairs at Starling Bank Ali Paterson, Editor in Chief at Fintech Finance We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: N26 to close all UK accounts (01:44) Starling Bank nabs £60 milli...
400. Insights: Love and partnerships in fintech
February 14, 2020 15:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBLove is in the air at 11:FS HQ. In our 400th instalment of Fintech Insider, your hosts Leda Glyptis, David Brear, and Jason Bates get together to talk about their favourite industry partnerships. Whether that's big banks merging, fintech team-ups or collaborations between fintechs and incumbents, we spend this episode digging into the best relationships in this industry and our hosts' personal favourites. Plus, for the first time on Fintech Insider, we open up the phone lines and invite some ...